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U.S. Air Force C-130 airplanes transporting Belgian troops to Congo, via Ascension Island.

A U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane lands at Ascension Island. Belgian soldiers get off the plane and unload their personal equipment and prepare to rest as they proceed to Congo via Ascension Island. Two more C-130s arrive with Belgian troops. U.S. Air force ground crew directs one to parking spot and chocks aircraft wheels as engines are shut down. Fuel truck is seen near a C-130.

Date: 1964, November 18
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058329
U.S. Army Air Forces B-17s on Midway island after Japanese fleet is sighted during World War II.

U.S. patrol plane from Midway Island sights a Japanese fleet during World War 2. One of a newly arrived B-17E bombers parked on ramp at Henderson Field, Midway Island. Group of U.S. airmen discussing plans. Several B-17 aircraft seen, including one in sand-bagged revetment. Ground and aircrews prepare B-17Es for a mission. Views of a B-17 crew member's family back home. His father, a railroad engineer poses in front of his Ironton Railroad steam locomotive in Pennsylvania, United States. His mother sits, knitting and his sister is seen speaking on the telephone. B-17E number, 41-2437, taxiing, unusually, using numbers 2 and 4 engines. B-17Es taking off on a Battle of Midway mission, including aircraft numbers: 41-2524, 41-2611( of the 31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group), 41-2532, 41-2437(of the 98th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group). Tail of parked B-17E number 41-2648 clearly seen in one scene.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063018
Different species of birds on Ascension Island seen as Ernest Shackleton's ship, The Quest, is returning to Antarctica

Film of the Quest's return journey, 8 months after the death of SIr Ernest Shackleton at South Georgia, Antarctica (on January 3, 1922). The expedition has stopped at Ascension Island en route to Antarctica. On 4th August, the expedition's naturalist George Hubert Wilkins, together with Major C. A. Tennyson (Commandant of the Ascension Island Garrison), explores a colony of sooty terns (also known as Wideawakes).

Date: 1922, August 4
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065872
A formation of P-47 aircraft and other aircraft over water in the Mariana Islands.

United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft in the Mariana Islands during World War II. P-47 Thunderbolts in formation over water. Pilots in the cockpits of the aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the islands and the target area. Aerial view of the formation of aircraft. A rugged terrain.

Date: 1945, September 13
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067210
A submarine at sea and a rescue launch surfaces and picks up an injured man off the coast of the Bermuda Islands.

A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force on the Bermuda Islands. A submarine at sea off the coast of the Bermuda Islands. Printing by a printing machine in a flight control tower. A motor car moves on an air base. The submarine underway at sea. A rescue launch in the foreground. The rescue launch surfaces and picks up an injured man.

Date: 1947
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070544
Funeral services for dead U.S. servicemen on Midway Island after Battle of Midway during World War II.

Burial services for fallen U.S. servicemen on Midway Island after Battle of Midway in World War 2. Chaplain before flag draped caskets. Marines give 3-volley salute. U.S. Navy Captain, USMC (US Marine Corps) Colonel Harold Douglas Shannon, and USMCR (US Marine Corps Reserve) Major James Roosevelt salute. Boats on water for burial at sea. Formation of aircraft. A Marine looks through binoculars. Smoke and flame rise from burning building on Midway Island. A man crosses out signs with paint brush indicating lost Japanese aircraft and battleships in Battle of Midway.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074723